HC to hear R K Sharma's bail plea on May 4

New Delhi, May 1 (UNI) The Delhi High Court today advanced the hearing of prime accused suspended Haryana IPS officer R K Sharma's bail petition from May 23 to May 4, in the controversial Shivani Bhatnagar murder case.

Justice BD Ahmed granted the petitioners' plea to advance the hearing on May 4 as the bail petitions of other accused would also come up for hearing on the same day.

Other accused - Pradeep Sharma, Sri Bhagwan, Satya Prakash, Ved Prakash Sharma and Ved alias Kalu - had also moved their bail applications before the court.

They are all facing trial in the murder of Indian Express journalist Shivani Bhatnagar, found murdered at her East Delhi apartment on January 23, 1999.

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